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Disposal of compensation recovered from an external government or authority.
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15.—Whenever the Government recovers from the government of any other State or from any other authority outside the State compensation in respect of an injury to which this Act applies, the following provisions shall apply and have effect, that is to say:—
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(a) the compensation so recovered shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister shall direct;
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(b) if any person has been awarded compensation under this Act in respect of the said injury and the compensation so recovered from such government or authority exceeds the compensation so awarded, the Minister may, if he so thinks fit, pay out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas to every person to whom compensation was so awarded such sum (if any), in addition to the compensation so awarded to such person, as the Minister shall think proper subject to the limitation hereinafter imposed;
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(c) if any person satisfies the Minister that he has suffered loss by reason of the said injury but has not been awarded compensation under this Act in respect of such injury, the Minister may, if he so thinks fit, pay out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas to such person such sum (if any) by way of compensation for such loss as he shall think proper subject to the limitation hereinafter imposed;
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(d) the sum paid by the Minister under the foregoing provisions of this section in respect of the said injury shall not exceed whichever of the following amounts is applicable, that is to say, if any compensation was awarded under this Act in respect of the said injury, the amount by which the compensation so recovered from such government or authority exceeds the compensation so awarded or, where no compensation was so awarded, the amount of the compensation so recovered;
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(e) if or when any money has been paid to the Minister under the next following section by reference to the said injury, the Minister may pay to each council of a county and corporation of a county borough, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, such sum as he thinks proper by way of recoupment or partial recoupment of so much of the said money so paid to him as was paid by such council or corporation.
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(f) for the purposes of the next preceding paragraph of this section the borough of Dun Laoghaire shall be deemed to be a county borough and not to be part of the county of Dublin.
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